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Lauteraarhorn

Coordinates: 46°35′00.2″N 8°07′42.3″E / 46.583389°N 8.128417°E / 46.583389; 8.128417
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Lauteraarhorn
The Lauteraarhorn seen from the Grimselsee
Highest point
Elevation4,042 m (13,261 ft)
Prominence128 m (420 ft)[1]
Parent peakSchreckhorn
Isolation1.0 km (0.62 mi)[2]
Coordinates46°35′00.2″N 8°07′42.3″E / 46.583389°N 8.128417°E / 46.583389; 8.128417
Geography
Lauteraarhorn is located in Switzerland
Lauteraarhorn
Lauteraarhorn
Location in Switzerland
LocationCanton of Bern, Switzerland
Parent rangeBernese Alps
Climbing
First ascent8 August 1842 by Pierre Jean Édouard Desor, Christian Girard, Arnold Escher von der Linth with guides Melchior Bannholzer and Jakob Leuthold
Easiest routerock/snow climb

The Lauteraarhorn is a peak (4,042 m) of the Aarmassif in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland. It lies close to the Schreckhorn (to the north) and the Finsteraarhorn (to the south). At the foot of the Lauteraarhorn lie the Lauteraar and the Finsteraar Glaciers, tributaries of the Unteraar Glacier.

The Lauteraarhorn above the Unteraar Glacier

The first ascent was on 8 August 1842 by Pierre Jean Édouard Desor, Christian Girard, Arnold Escher von der Linth with the guides Melchior Bannholzer and Jakob Leuthold.

See also


References

  1. ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Schrecksattel (3,914 m).
  2. ^ Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is southeast of the Schreckhorn.
  • Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, The High Mountains of the Alps, London: Diadem, 1994